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“Was it more obscene to say it, to write it, or to set it in type? On the breath it could taken by a breeze or crowded out by chatter; it could be misheard or ignored. On the page it was a real thing. It had been caught and pinned to a board, its letters spread in a particular way so that anyone who saw it would know what it was.”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
“I missed them. It was as if they had written a play and constructed the set, and whenever I was with them I ha a part to perform. I fell into it so easily: a secondary character, someone ordinary against whom the leads could shine. Now that they had packed up and left I felt I had forgotten my lines." p. 174”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
“At times he felt he was living his very largest life, as though his soul were billowing before him like a huge and rippling sail.”
― Tell Me Everything
― Tell Me Everything
“Of the Scriptorium men, Mr. Sweatman was the last to return to work. He shook Gareth's hand and took mine to kiss it.
'How proud and happy your father would have been,' he said, and I held his gaze, knowing the memory of Da was stronger when it was shared.
[Esme Nicholl]”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
'How proud and happy your father would have been,' he said, and I held his gaze, knowing the memory of Da was stronger when it was shared.
[Esme Nicholl]”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
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